It's getting to be that point in the semester where the spring break blues are in full effect and motivation is dangerously low. There's about a month of college left, and it's the final stretch and no matter how hard you're praying for summer, you've got to make it through the last few tests, papers, dreaded group projects and then finals. If there's anyone that knows how to endure hardships and make it through anything, it's the cast of "Grey's Anatomy."
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EntertainmentApr 04, 2016
Finishing The Semester As Told by 'Grey's Anatomy'
When you're struggling to find every last ounce of motivation.
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1. When your professor tell you there's just a few chances left to boost your grade and that now the time to finish strong.
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Finals, exams and papers - oh my! The only thing keeping you sane at the moment is the thought that Christmas break is near. Need a mid-week pick-me-up? Here are some simple things you can do to stay motivated and get into the Christmas spirit.
1. Play Christmas Music
Walking to class? Studying in the library? Driving to work? No matter what boring task you are doing, listening to Christmas music will boost your mood instantly. Pick your favorite Christmas movie and download the album ASAP. Almost every artist has a Christmas album too, so the options are endless.
2. Start Buying Gifts Early
Just can't wait to start buying gifts? Start early! You will thank yourself later when you are not rushing to be done a few days before Christmas. Plus, you will get everything on your list. As Christmas nears, the mall becomes more and more picked over. Shopping early gives you the first picks before others start shopping.
3. Decorate
Time to put up the tree! There's no right time to put up your Christmas tree; any time is the right time. Getting set up early not only puts you in the Christmas spirit, but it allows you to slowly start putting up your decorations vs devoting an entire day to it. Start pulling the ornaments down from the attic and put the Christmas pillows on the couch - the time has come.
4. Eat/Drink Seasonal Treats
If the peppermint and eggnog coffee creamers are in-store, you know it's time. Eating or drinking seasonal items can put you in the Christmas spirit instantly. Gingerbread, eggnog, peppermint, white chocolate - the options are endless. Or, make a treat that your family only has over the holidays. This will be sure to brighten your week.
5. Dress For The Holiday
Dressing for the Christmas season will make you feel ready in an instant. Still too hot out for your favorite sweater? No worries! Sleep in it at night or bring it to wear in the chilly library. If there's a will, there's a way.
No matter your holiday traditions, keep pushing through and make it to Christmas. Merry (early) Christmas!
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Lifestyle
21 Things We All Love About Winter
Despite the cold, you might find that there is a lot to love about winter.
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We all have a love hate relationship with winter, lets be real here. The snow makes people forget how to drive, its cold, the roads are bad, and chances are, you will be spending a lot more money than you do during the other months of the year. If you’re from the Midwest, it seems to be that winter lasts for what feels like forever. But despite the struggles that winter brings, there are so many things to love about it.
1. Snow- at least its pretty outside
Despite how much we all hate driving in the winter, the snow looks beautiful on the trees.
2. Christmas Cookie Making
I think we all gain about 10 pounds when it comes to Christmas cookies.
3. Holiday Drinks
Who doesn't love peppermint hot chocolate and the other 10 things that take over the Starbucks menu?
4. Christmas movies
Can we please just stay in and watch Christmas movies while drinking hot chocolate?
5. Holidays
Christmas, New Year’s, Hanukkah, etc. Holidays are a major part of winter; they bring people together.
6. Spending time with the family and friends
Every college kid is ready to be home for winter break.
7. SNOW DAYS
Snow days in college are 10x better than they were in high school.
8. Winter break
A break from school is much needed.
9. holiday cards
Who doesn’t love walking into the house and seeing the Christmas cards that cover the fridge?
10. parties
Holiday parties, work parties, New Year’s parties. It just ends up being party after party. Make sure to have a sober cab and drive safely.
11. shopping for gifts
The smile you see on someone’s face when they open a gift is something you treasure. No matter how small, it’s the thought that counts.
12. Holiday songs
We all jam to Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You.” Don’t lie to yourself.
13. Holiday decorations
Everything is decorated in red, green, silver, and gold. Christmas trees, the lights outside, the nativity setting that sits in the window. Whatever it be, holiday decorations are gorgeous.
14. making snowmen and having snowball fights
We all want to make our own Olaf.
15. Skating outside
Pond hockey. Enough said.
16. Skiing and Snowboarding
Ahh... the itch to hit the slopes is back.
17. wearing cozy things
Fuzzy socks, sweaters, and beanies all take over my wardrobe in the winter.
18. Cheesy winter dates
Walking through Bentleyville, looking at all of the Christmas lights. Snuggling by the fire, drinking hot chocolate and watching Christmas movies.
19. snuggling by the fire
I mean bonfires in the summer are great, but being inside and looking at the fire can be just as great. Plus, this just adds a little romantic flare.
20. Kisses under the mistletoe.
I mean, it doesn't get any cuter than that.
21. spreading holiday cheer
Everyone is more willing to give in the winter. We help shovel our neighbor’s driveways, we bake Christmas cookies for our friends, we give to charity. Everyone wants to spread holiday cheer.
Happy holidays y’all.
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Shopping for your family and friends can be expensive. So why not make something small and cute while not emptying your bank account?
1. Candy filled ornaments or jars
Buy some clear ornaments and fill them with any kind of candy you want. You can even mix it up and throw in some hot cocoa and mini marshmallows.
2. Homemade cookies or fudge
Who doesn't like cookies? I mean, honestly?
3. Slipper Stuffers
Buy a cute pair of slippers, some nail polish, and maybe a few chocolates and chapsticks to complete this holiday gift.
4. Mason jar snow globes
This gift is cute and super simple to put together! All you need is some glue, some glitter, a little tree, and a glue gun!. Here's a great step by step on how to make one.
5. Handmade soaps and bath bombs
Photo by Herbs Basics on UnsplashMaking a bath bomb is like baking cookies, and isn't as hard as you would think! Here are some easy bath bomb recipes if you want to get your friends or family a soapy gift!
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Student Life
The Post Thanksgiving Panic And Anxiety
It happens to all of us, the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas the catch up with you.
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Thanksgiving Break is most likely everyone’s favorite break during the fall semester. You get to go home and reminisce with all your high school friends. That diet you’ve been on for the past month goes out the window, and you get to eat until you put yourself into a food coma. There’s no rush on homework and you can just lie in bed and Netflix to your heart’s content. To me that sounds like an ideally wonderful break, and totally stress-free.
Little do we realize the moment we get back to school, life is not stress-free anymore. The anxiety and work all start to pile up along with the books on your desk. These two weeks are the homestretch: the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
1. Finals are in less than two weeks. Yes, that’s right. Less than two weeks.
This is not the time to panic, this when you start to soak in the rest of the semester and run with it.
2. The pressure of learning while starting to study for your final exams starts to get to you.
You start to realize that 24 hours in a day just may not be enough
3. Right when you get back, you’ll make a list of all your assignments, and the low key anxiety starts to settle in.
4. You try to have a social life, but you then realize how much work you actually have.
With school, sleep, working out, and trying to throw a social life in with finals right around the corner, it’s time to pick a few because all four may not be possible.
5. You start to look over your syllabi and start to question if you even retained any information from the semester?
It happens to the best of us. Looking back through your notes, it's almost as if everything that was taught back in September feels like years ago.
6. You end up giving yourself a daily pep-talk telling yourself you can do it.
It's the little pep-talks we give ourselves that become the most important part of the home stretch. Your trip home for Christmas is right around the corner, and you just need to make it through two weeks of countless sleepless nights and days with excessive amounts of caffeine to keep you from falling asleep in the library.
Just remember, You can do it. And we're all in this together.
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5 reasons we love fictional characters more than real people
We all have that one character who is honestly our best friend.
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Even Shonda Rhimes, winning creator and executive producer of the hit TV shows Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder, and The Catch agrees that relationships with fictional characters are real. In her book, The Year of Yes she states, "I have spent more time with Meredith and Christina then many of my actual friends...When you watched TV, even spending a full hour with Christina once a week, you were likely spending more time with her then you spent with most people in your life. That relationship was real."
1. They are always there
No matter what show you watch, you can always rely on the TV show and characters to all be there when you expect it. Whether you watch a Netflix show and it is just a click away or if you can always depend on Shonda Rimes "TGIT" to see your favorite characters. For me, I always know Grey's Anatomy will be on Thursday nights on ABC, but can we rely on real people to be that predictable? Sometimes when you expect someone to be there for you, they aren't. At the time you need them the most, the time you expect them to be there. Maybe they bailed last minute and for that reason, you can never trust them or rely on them the same way you
2. They are never fake
Every character is written by a TV screenwriter with a set personality in mind. Characters may grow and change throughout a season or a series, but they are never fake. Sitting on the other side of the screen you know everything about their lives and their personalities and even if they are keeping secrets to other characters in the show, the viewer always knows what is going on. You know Peyton Sawyer is always going to be the strongest character on One Tree Hill. You know Blair Waldorf is always going to love Chuck Bass. You know Michael Scott will never fail to make you laugh. The consistency of your favorite characters allows you to love them and feel a connection to them more than real people.
3. They open up and let us in
Like I said before, you always know what you're getting from a character. As the viewer, you know all their secrets. When you know everything about them, you are able to see how vulnerable they are. Their vulnerability helps us feel connected to them. You always know how they are feeling, you watch them cry alone at night and you feel as though you are there for them and you understand how they are feeling. Real people aren't always as willing to open up. You may be best friends with someone for years but you never really know what is going on in their life. It is hard getting close to someone if they won't let you in, unlike fictional characters.
4. They are strong
Some TV characters are the strongest people you will ever "meet". They can teach you a lot and can help you through various situations in your life. Most of them have been through hell and back and have made it out somehow. They have crazy pasts that make us all feel like it is okay to not be perfect. The optimism they hold and portray throughout the show is what gives us hope and inspires our own lives. All of us wish we could have the strength they have, so watching them shows us what is possible.
5. They love hard
There are a lot of relationships throughout everyone's favorite TV shows and if you are anything like me you love cute couples. Seeing your favorite couples go through the ups and downs of their relationships gives you hope for your own. There are so many 'relationship goals' couples on our favorite shows we can't help but want relationships like theirs because they love so hard. Sometimes they can even help you through your own relationship problems better than any real person could because somehow they're going through the exact same thing.
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